Chriselda Hernandez, performs a limpia behind a friend, Hilda Sánchez, on South Padre Island, Texas, Dec. 1, 2023. Near the Mexican border in Texas, folk healers known as curanderas bring modern touches to an ancient practice long revered in local Hispanic culture. (Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas/The New York Times)
CHRISELDA Hernandez heard a knock at her door in the Texas border town of Edinburg. It was a college student who said she was suffering from a string of bad luck.
A drunken driver had crashed into her car. Then someone broke into the new car she was driving and stole her laptop.
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